The Washington County Commanderettes shifted gears late in their game against the Thomas Nelson Lady Generals, but came up short, 58-54, at the end of regulation on Dec. 12. The loss marked their second of the week and left their record standing 0-5.

Despite the rough week, the boost of play saw the Comanderettes score 22 points in the final frame against the Lady Generals, while allowing their opponent only 10.
Comanderettes head coach Mike Holt said his feelings were mixed after the game.

Despite valiant efforts and a ferocious fourth quarter, the Washington County Commanders fell to the Thomas Nelson Generals 63-60 in overtime last week.
The Commanders lost the contest after locking horns and tying up the game 58-58 with a three-point shot by junior guard DJ Keeling.

With Commanders head coach Bernard Smalley out sick with the flu, assistant coach

Barrett Tingle would lead Washington County from the sidelines. He said the three point shot by Keeling at the end of regulation was a boost.

The Patriot men’s basketball team got off to a slow start, but they are beginning to hit their stride winning two out of their last three. They picked up two big wins last week on the road, including their first conference victory in five tries. The Patriots, 3-8 overall and 1-4 in the Mid-South, picked up wins against Wilberforce (Ohio) and Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) last week.

Arrows hit their targets with dry and piercing snaps as the Washington County High School archery team took to the road to shoot at the Anderson County High School BearCat Open on Dec. 6.

According to www.nasptournaments.org, the group that scored the event, though Washington County High School did not place in the top six standings of the tournament, several WCHS female archers performed exceptionally well in the high school division.

Sophomore shooter Erin Taylor placed 11 out of 62 in the high school division with a score of 270.

The Washington County Comanderettes opened their season slow, putting three solid losses on their record when they fell to the Western Hills Lady Wolverines (2-0), the Taylor County Lady Cardinals (3-0) and the Boyle County Lady Rebels (2-0).

After a discouraging 73-40 loss to the Lady Wolverines on Dec. 1, the

Comanderettes jumped in the fight against the Lady Cardinals the next day.

The Washington County Commanders had a rough start to their season when they dropped two consecutive games to the Green County Dragons (1-2) and the Taylor County Cardinals (3-0) last week.

Despite coming within inches of taking the lead in the fourth quarter, the Commanders fell to the Dragons 78-53 when they failed to score for nearly five minutes due to what Washington County head Coach Bernard Smalley attributed as unforced turnovers.

Smalley said there was no pressure and that they made mistakes.
But he remained positive Monday afternoon.

Washington County senior forward Jadiesha Durham is no stranger to the game of basketball. In fact, she’s been playing it since the sixth grade. The 18-year-old girl started her career as a Comanderette when she was in the seventh grade and said she began playing at the varsity level when was a freshman.

Durham said she got her start through by working hard, practicing, and never giving up.

Washington County High School will be briefly changing prices of the season passes for the boys and girls basketball teams.
The prices will affect the 2014-2015 season and will give everyone some serious savings.

According to an email sent to The Springfield Sun by Jeff Tingle, athletics director at WCHS, they will be offering the season passes at a discounted rate until Jan. 1.

The Washington County Middle School eighth grade basketball team traveled to Marion County to face the Knights of St. Charles last week.
WCMS turned a 12-9 lead into a halftime rout with an 18-1 run to go into the locker room 30-10.